| Description |
xx, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Aldeburgh Studies in Music,
0969-3548 ;
volume 10
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Aldeburgh studies in music ; v. 10.
0969-3548
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| Summary |
It's a life of the two of us.' This volume comprises the complete surviving correspondence between Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. The 365 letters written throughout their 39-year relationship are here brought together and published, as Pears intended, for the first time. While the correspondence provides valuable evidence of the development of Britten's works, more significant is the insight into his relationship with Pears and their day-to-day life together. Entertaining to read, domestic and intimate, the letters provide glimpses of cultural and artistic life in the twentieth century, including pacifism and conscientious objection, critical assessments of music and other artists, transport and communications development in the twentieth century, the 'Aldeburgh corpses', art collecting, gossip, everyday life in an English country house, the development of the Aldeburgh Festival, performance practice in early music, looking after dachshunds, travel, and a host of other topics. Above all, when read together, Britten and Pears's letters allow the clearest possible look 'behind the scenes' of one of the most productive creative partnerships of the twentieth century. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-425) and index. |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 -- Friends and associates.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. |
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Friends and associates. |
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 -- Correspondence.
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| Genre/Form |
Correspondence.
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| Subject |
Pears, Peter, 1910-1986 -- Friends and associates.
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Pears, Peter, 1910-1986. |
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Pears, Peter, 1910-1986 -- Correspondence.
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Composers -- England -- Correspondence.
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Composers. |
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England. |
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Tenors (Singers) -- England -- Correspondence.
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Tenors (Singers) |
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Friendship. |
| Genre/Form |
Records and correspondence.
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Personal correspondence.
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Personal correspondence.
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| Added Author |
Pears, Peter, 1910-1986.
Correspondence. Selections.
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Stroeher, Vicki P., editor.
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Clark, Nicholas (Librarian), editor.
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Brimmer, Jude, editor.
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| Added Title |
Correspondence. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016107154
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| ISBN |
9781783271085 (hardback) |
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1783271086 (hardback) |
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